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Our 10th year is this year. I don't plan on going. The handful of people that I gave a damn about I still talk to. The rest I'm either friends with on Facebook or just have no interest in seeing.
Post by sparrowsong on Jan 26, 2015 16:17:33 GMT -5
Skipped my 10th . Went to the 20th. It was ok but I was glad I didn't have to travel more than a two hour drive for it. It wasn't exciting enough to fly or book a hotel for.
Nope. Nothing to brag about at the 5th, homeless on our 10th, DH and I were together for the 20th and had just bought our first house then GD1 moved in and we were going through legal stuff, couldn't care less by the 25th and neither could a lot of other people since they became joint around then and there still weren't a lot of people showing, and apparently I *could* have cared less since I cared even less for the 30th than I did for the 25th, even with bragging rights by then.
The first one I went to was my 25th. After our 20th (which I was going to go to but was hugely PG), everyone got on FB and reconnected, had a couple mini-reunions, etc.
The mini-reunions I actually really liked. 15- 20 people, at someone's house - much more my speed.
But as I had touched base w/ so many people, I decided to go to the official 25th reunion. Which was actually huge - over 75 alumni.
I won't go to another reunion. Since so many people were there- it REALLY did turn into the old clique system. Which is totally find and expected, but as I didn't really belong to any one clique and most of the people I was really friends with in HS weren't there, it was very "eh".
I'll do the mini-reunions and there is a small group of girls who try to get togedther for dinner every few months. Those are my speed and much more about the here and now. Not our lives 25 years ago.
Our 10th year is this year. I don't plan on going. The handful of people that I gave a damn about I still talk to. The rest I'm either friends with on Facebook or just have no interest in seeing.
Same, but mine was two years ago. I got in a little tiff on the reunion FB page about it afterwards, lol. Some dude I'd always disliked posted a dickish comment about the people who didn't show up and I couldn't keep my mouth shut about it. Definitely didn't regret skipping it, that's for sure. My best friend and I hung out at her place and watched Romy & Michele's High School Reunion instead.
Post by birdistheword on Jan 26, 2015 16:21:26 GMT -5
I was on the planning committee for my 10th, so I obviously went to that. It was a blast! Haven't reached any other reunion years yet, so I don't know if I will attend those when the time comes or not.
Post by lightbulbsun on Jan 26, 2015 16:24:09 GMT -5
My 10th was last year. They started planning it at the venue we had our prom, $55 tickets. Only about 20 people signed up (graduated with 600+), so they moved it to a bar. But they still had to collect money because they paid a non-refundable deposit on the other venue. I did not go.
Post by aliciaflorrick on Jan 26, 2015 16:28:37 GMT -5
I went to my 10 year and it was a snooze fest. So not worth the cost of the flight.
My 20 year happened last year and I think only 100 of 1200 graduates went. I passed it on it as well but did get some fb requests that helped quell my curiosity. Now I have one of the anti vaxer and government conspiracy theorists flooding my FB with his crazy rants. Who knew my boyfriend from 1st grade was such a nutter?!
Post by underwaterrhymes on Jan 26, 2015 16:33:20 GMT -5
I went to my 20th, but none of the others.
It wasn't worth it. It was $75 a head and only included heavy appetizers, none of which were vegetarian and a cash bar. For $150 for H and me to attend, I expected a lot more.
ETA - I was 15 weeks pregnant with K at the time, so I wasn't drinking, but still. WTF did that $75 pp go toward???
My class doesn't seem to have one yet! Maybe when we get to 20 in a few years.
We went to my husband's 20 year reunion a few years back. It was fun to meet people I had heard stories about. Plus he went to HS in Manhattan so it was at a club and we could make a fun weekend out of it. I think if he had gone to school in a less interesting location we would have skipped it.
We did get cute t-shirts that looked like the ones Ad-Rock wore in the Fight for Your Right Beastie Boys video because they went to his HS as attendance gifts which was fun.
I'm friends with most of my HS class on FB. If I wanted to say hi, I would. I see no point in a reunion. However. It is super fun to FB stalk people you've been out of contact with and see who got hot, etc. I've totally fallen down that rabbit hole.
I don't think we had a 5 year. I probably would not go to a 10 year, though, because I would rather Facebook stalk from afar than actually talk to people.
Post by mountaingirl on Jan 26, 2015 17:43:03 GMT -5
I have no need to see people from 17 years ago that I have not apoken to. Never been to one and have no plans to go. I keep in touch with the close friends and fb is there for others.
Post by W.T.Faulkner on Jan 26, 2015 18:21:20 GMT -5
My high school tried to do a 5th reunion a couple of years ago for us. Like, no. We are still the same. There's Facebook, for Christ's sake, and we all were on it when we graduated from HS. We never even lost touch. STOP THE MADNESS.
Post by blondemoment123 on Jan 26, 2015 21:37:11 GMT -5
This keeps getting better! There was an entire thread mentioning people who have passed. Someone mentioned a certain person dying. Yeah...that person is alive and well.
This keeps getting better! There was an entire thread mentioning people who have passed. Someone mentioned a certain person dying. Yeah...that person is alive and well.
Yeah... my husband didn't get invited to one the HS reunions b/c they all thought he had died. Nope. Alive and well.
To give them some credit, they had the same first name and last initial. Oops. Quite the surprise when his friends noticed. lol
I should have one coming up this year but I have no idea when, or if it's happening. If we lived closer I would probably go, but it's not worth the expense of taking the trip there.